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SUMMARY:An appraisal of scientific reasoning as therapy in Cognitive Behav
 ioural Therapy - Sahanika Ratnayake (Faculty of Philosophy)
DTSTART:20191106T130000Z
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CONTACT:Matt Farr
DESCRIPTION:Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular
  schools of contemporary psychotherapy. One of the reasons for CBT's succe
 ss is its ability to present itself as 'scientific'. This claim to scienti
 fic legitimacy not only influences how CBT's efficacy is established\, but
  also influences its therapeutic techniques.\n\nAspects of scientific reas
 oning and the scientific method are used as part of CBT's arsenal of thera
 peutic techniques. For instance\, clients are encouraged to evaluate probl
 ematic thoughts – referred to as 'cognitive distortions' – by testing 
 them as if they were hypotheses.\n\nIn this paper\, I will examine CBT's a
 ccount of cognitive distortions and the way in which scientific reasoning 
 is used to evaluate and rectify them. I shall suggest that these therapeut
 ic techniques cannot be working in the straightforward manner that CBT cla
 ims they are\, as they fall afoul of some traditional objections from the 
 philosophy of science.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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